Rudiger Bechtold

Rudiger Bechtold (4 October 1872-26 August 1909) was an anarchist from the German Empire.

Biography
Rudiger Bechtold was born on 4 October 1872 in Hamburg, Free City of Hamburg, in the German Empire. Bechtold became a radical anarchist, believing in "propaganda of the deed" and hoping to create chaos in Europe by killing its leaders. Bechtold was believed to be a psychopath, and he was key in a few German anarchist plots. In 1908 he planned to blow up the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin using ten pounds of explosives, alongside fellow plotters Heinz Eckermann and Oskar Baumann. However, German police caught him while he was planting the explosives and he was sent to prison. Bechtold was tried by a German court, and he was sentenced to death. On 26 August 1909, he was executed by hanging in Berlin.